GIRL GUIDES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 January 1940, Page 9

GIRL GUIDES

CAMP AT TAUHERENIKAU. There are about 150 Girl Guides camped on the Tauherenikau Racecourse. Ideal weather conditions prevail. The girls are taking full advantage of swimming in the Tauherenikau River, which flows past the beautiful course.

Shearing Season. With the exception, of a few “stragglers” shearing operations in the district are now over. The clip generally has been good. Personal Items. Mr and Mrs Maurice Lambess, of Whangarei, are staying with Mr and Mrs Leslie Lambess at Tauherenikau. Mrs Stanley Raper is paying a brief visit to Wellington, where she will attend the wedding of her niece, Miss Masie Reid, to Petty-Officer Richard M. Poole, R.N.R. Mr H. E. Card, Wanganui, is spending a few days with his brother, Mr J. W. Card. Power Line Work Completed. As the work of erecting the power line from Khandallah to Masterton has been completed, the camp at Tauherenikau, is being dismantled. The win of Old Bill in the Centennial Cup at Trentham on Thursday, was popular in Featherston, not from a backers point of view, but from the fact that the owner Mr H. H. Pharzyn is a member of one of the early families to settle in New Zealand. The Pharzyn. family formerly lived at ‘Longwood,” now the home of Mr and Mrs Dan Riddiford.

Hospitality Appreciated. Officers from H.M.S, Ramilies were entertained by the Wairarapa Racing Club at its recent summer meeting, and the following letter of appreciation has been received by the mayor of Featherston:—H.Ms-S.. Ramillies, January 6, 1940. Dear Mr Card. May I, through you, express to the members of the Wairarapa Racing Club our heartfelt appreciation of the wonderful time that all our party had with you the other day. You may have thought when you issued the invitation that it would be nice for us to come to your meeting, but you can have no idea of the actual extent of our enjoyment. To mix with such friendly people, to walk in such charming surroundings, and to witness races in such comfortable circumstances was a treat which only men who have been at sea for nearly three months can appreciate. It is my hope that our enjoyment and appreciation was obvious for all to behold. I should be grateful, sir, if you would carry to Miss Card and to our other hosts and hostesses on that memorable day our great gratitude for hospitality which will live in our memories for many a long day. It is a source of pleasure to us, let me add, to think that every penny we brought to the course is now distributed among the population of New Zealand. Yours sincerely, Martin Price, Captain, R.N., wardroom mess secretary.